A corridor features the native and fragrant shrub, summersweet, at Brine Garden, which will be open to the public from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday.

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The Brine Garden at 21 Bluebird Inn Road will be open to the public from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, rain or shine, as part of the Garden Conservancy's Open Days.

The six-acre Brine Garden is the creation of Duncan Brine, an instructor at the New York Botanical Garden and the New England Wild Flower Society. Since 1990, a former pasture has been gradually transformed into a naturalistic garden featuring a variety of grasses, perennials, shrubs and trees indigenous to Dutchess County along with other U.S. natives.

Shrubs and trees structure a series of garden areas, including an allée of bald ...